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Curtis Burns
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Do you see what I see.
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"... tell me you have dreamed / of lifting your left foot closer / to flight, that you, too, would die happiest / by music..." Ocean Vuong 'In Defence of Dancing'
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Curtis Burns @thatturtle.bsky.social · Jan 20
#silentsunday
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Seasons are softly meshed and draped with Winter’s frosting.
Winter’s frosting provides highlights as a lone leaf sits cradled among the grasses still holding onto to yellow hues.
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 PM
thatturtle.bsky.social
Starling #BirdofTheDay
#EastCoastKin #ArtChallenges #birds #starling #Favouriteofthemonth
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 PM
thatturtle.bsky.social
#photography #abstractphotography #winterwonderland #EastCoastKin
Close-up of fine, curled brown plant fibers suspended against a bright white background.
January 30, 2026 at 1:45 AM
thatturtle.bsky.social
#photography #herons #greenheron #birds #eyecontact
#birdoftheday
#birdphotography #EastCoastKin
A green heron wades in shallow, muddy water, one leg lifted, with scattered debris and ripples around it.
January 29, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Reposted by Curtis Burns
albert-ibars.bsky.social
'This is the end'
Els boscos de la mediterrània van desapareixent. Lentament. Inexorablement.
#Fotografia #Monochrome #ClassicMono #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDramatic #EastCoastKin
Les branques seques d'un pi reposen sobre un terra cada cop més àrid degut al canvi climàtic. Els boscos de pi blanc i pi vermell endèmics de la conca mediterrània cada cop pateixen més.
January 29, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Reposted by Curtis Burns
wakingasleep.bsky.social
Industrial sector at night

#filmphotography #blackandwhite #urbanphotography #35mm #filmisnotdead #nightphotography #photography #fotografie

📷 Minolta SRT 201
🎞️ HP5+ pushed to 1600
🧪 Blazinal (1:50) 24m15s at 19.8C
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 PM
thatturtle.bsky.social
Drowning in static - A Mix

1. Underworld - Circle X
2. Fission/Fusion - Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo
3. Carbon - Steel Pole Bath Tub
4. Ritual Tragick - 3Ds
5. Tar - Scott Walker
6. Sticky - Still House Plants
7. Wrong - Archers of Loaf
8. Still Point - Flying Saucer Attack
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January 29, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Reposted by Curtis Burns
breeze420.bsky.social
"And the yellow sun threw their black shadows ahead of them so that they walked on their own shadows."

-John Steinbeck
An outhouse in the middle of a field with 2 shadows on the left.
October 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Around the back #photography #newtopographics #EastCoastKin
Entrance to a vacant storefront with glass doors, large empty windows, marble columns, and a snow-dusted parking area.
January 28, 2026 at 1:09 AM
thatturtle.bsky.social
#photography #sheep #texturetuesday #EastCoastKin
Close-up of a brown sheep facing the camera, with curly wool and bits of hay around its mouth, filling most of the frame.
January 28, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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#photography #wrens #carolinawren #birds #brownisbeautiful
#birdoftheday
#birdphotography #EastCoastKin
Carolina Wren perched on a wooden surface amid green vegetation.
January 27, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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youtube.com/watch?v=jHNv...
Gwenifer Raymond | Guitar Moves Interview
YouTube video by Guitar Moves
youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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David Torn & Tom Rainey - 'Bewegungsunschärfe' #FotoVorschlag
Two musicians perform on stage in front of dark curtains, one playing an electric guitar and the other a drum set, both captured with noticeable motion blur that emphasizes their energetic movement.
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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#photography #birdphotography #birds #housefinch #EastCoastKin
Small songbird with a red head and breast perched on a snowy branch.
January 27, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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Kitchen Abstracts #photography #abstractphotography #EastCoastKin
Black-and-white close-up of a curved measuring scale with dotted arcs and labels (50 ml, 100 ml, 150 ml), shown in shallow focus.
January 27, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay #cormorant
#EastCoastKin #photography #birds #paddling #nature #wildlife #photography
Two dark double-crested cormorants perched on the edge of a low concrete weir, above gently flowing water, with green vegetation and a concrete wall in the background.
January 27, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Reposted by Curtis Burns
rock-rex.bsky.social
"Chiliatomb".

#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #painting #acrylics
January 26, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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#FotoVorschlag
'Alles was Fühler hat'
January 26, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Reposted by Curtis Burns
ainekeenan.bsky.social
I cannot teach you
violence, as I do not
myself believe in it.
I can only teach you
not to bow your heads
before any one, even
at the cost of your life.

Mahatma Gandhi, 20th century

#Photography #Poetry #SpeirGorm #India #Gandhi #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
Today is Indian Republic Day. Although independence from colonial Britain was finally achieved in August 1947, the Constitution establishing the Republic only came into effect on 26 January 1950. On 30 January 1948, Mahatma Gandhi had been assassinated by Nathuram Vinayak Godse who had opposed his efforts to foster harmony between Hindus and Muslims, blaming him for compromising Hindu interests during the partition of India and Pakistan. The Indian national flag which today commemorates the adoption of the Constitution and the formation of the Republic is a horizontal tricolour of saffron, white and green (with a 24-spoke navy blue dharma chakra in the centre.) Saffron symbolises courage, white represents peace and truth, and green signifies fertility, growth and auspiciousness. Green, saffron and white pipes are used to house electrical cables and protect them from physical damage, moisture and environmental factors. The green and saffron ones are PVC corrugated flexible pipes designed for flexibility and ease of installation in tight spaces, whilst the stronger white rigid PVC conduit pipe offers high fire resistance. Sri Ramanasramam, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India.
January 26, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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Mourning dove #photography #blackandwhitephotography #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #Januarty2026 #winter #stunday
A mourning dove perches on a snow-covered tree branch in a black-and-white winter scene, looking back over its shoulder with snowflakes resting on its feathers.
January 26, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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Around the back #photography #SilentSunday #blackandwhitephotography #newtopographicslandscape #EastCoastKin #JanuArty2026 #winter
Black‑and‑white night scene of a snowy parking lot edge with a plowed snowbank, wooden fence and shed, and traffic cones and posts near a chain‑link fence and trees.
January 26, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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#photography #SilentSunday #Stunday #EastCoastKin
A leafless tree with many thin branches against a bright blue sky, a plastic bag caught in the lower branches, and a small squirrel perched on a large horizontal limb near the center of the image.
January 25, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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Them voices tell me so - A Mix
1. Estimated Prophet (Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY5/8/77) - Grateful Dead
2. St. John Meets the Dancing Dervish - Renaldo & The Loaf
3. A Single Shot of Metabolism Between Us - Equipment Pointed Ankh
4. Good Morning, Captain - The Besnard Lakes
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January 25, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Reposted by Curtis Burns
emmaelie.bsky.social
Meadows of gold dust. The silver
currents of the Connecticut fan
and meander in bland pleatings under/ river-verge farms where rye-heads whiten.
All's polished to a dull luster
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August gives over its Midas touch
wind bares a flintier landscape

In Midas' Country
Sylvia Plath
golden light, tall winter trees, soft blue sky
January 25, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Snowy starling #photography #SilentSunday #birdphotography #birds #winterwonderland #EastCoastKin
A small bird in mid-flight among bare branches as snow falls, blurred winter forest in the background.
January 25, 2026 at 8:02 PM